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ciety flourished in Houston, and it, or a successor, was still active
two years later.52
Of the Houston theater during the period of the Republic,
little needs to be said, for its offerings and appeals were more
closely akin to those of a present-day Class B cinema house and
burlesque theater than, say, to Theatre, Inc. On occasion, though,
when the actors wearied of presenting A delgitha, or, The Fruits
of a Single Error"3 and High Life below the Stairs, 4 they offered
Sheridan's School for Scandal55 and familiar scenes from Shakes-
peare's best known dramas.50
Practical people in early, as in present-day, Houston looked
down their noses at teachers, but some of the most civilized per-
sons in the community then as now followed this poorly paid
profession. The Houston Academy, under a succession of short-
lived principals," and its female counterpart, the Houston Select
Academy,58 as well as others less permanent,"9 manned by grad-
52Morning Star, September 26, 1839; December 13, 1839; December 20, 1839, De-
cember 25, 1839; December 31, 1839; February 8, 1841.
53Ibid., April 8, 1839.
541bid., September 30o, 1839; October 1, 1839. Could this have been James Townley
(1714-1778), High Life Below Stairs, performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury
Lane, London, and first published in 1759?
55Telegraph and Texas Register, February 27, 1839.
olIbid., February 13, 1839; March 20, 1839; March 27, 1839; Morning Star, April
20o, 1839; April 22, 1839; December 24, 1839; February 27, 1841. When it was re-
ported that an actor had been bitten by a mad dog, the editor of the paper sug-
gested the theater owner should present Hamlet, Othello, or King Lear.-Morning
Star, February 27, 1840.
57 Telegraph and Texas Register, November lo, 1838; February 2so, 1839; August
7, 1839; August 17, 1842; December 21, 1842; February 14, 1844; Morning Star,
April 12, 1839; August 29, 1839; January 21, 1840; January 29, 1840; February 6,
1840; February 17, 1840; February 20o, 1840; February 27, 1840; March 2, 1840;
March 16, 1840; April 20, 1840; April 21, 1840; May 9, 1840; May 16, 1840; June
2, 1840; June 6, 1840; June 8, 1840; February 11, 1841; March 4, 1841; April 22,
1841; May i, 1841; June 8, 1841; September 4, 1841; September 23, 1841; September
28, 1841; November 2, 1841; March 19, 1842; February 13, 1844; Minutes of Houston
City Council (MSS., City Secretary's Office, Houston), A, 17, 30-31, 96.
5sTelegraph and Texas Register, October 27, 1841; May 4, 1842; Morning Star,
January 23, 1841; November 2, 1841; March 26, 1842; May 3, 1842; October 14,
1843; February 22, 1844; February 29, 1844; Texian Democrat (Houston), January
20, 1844.
59Telegraph and Texas Register, October 21, 1837; May 19, 1838; July 28, 1838;
October 27, 1838; November 14, 1838; December 29, 1841; March 23, 1842; January
25, 1844; May 1, 1844; January 29, 1845; Morning Star, May 4, 1840; April 25, 1841;
April 27, 1841; December 25, 1841; December 26, 1843; February 6, 1844; May 4,
1844; January 25, 1845; Probate Records of Harris County (MSS., County Clerk's
Office, Houston), C, 122.
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